Job Title: Salaried General Practitioner

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JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER

REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically) THE GENERAL MANAGER (Administratively)

SESSIONS: 5 - 8 sessions per week

Job Summary:

The post-holder will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients presenting with a wide range of health care needs within a primary care setting. You will support the Practice in delivering a safe, high performing, effective, sustainable, innovative person centred medical service.

Clinical Responsibilities:

 In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, e-consults, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.  Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation  Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems  Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness  In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health  Providing counselling and health education  Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate  Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards  Recording appropriate Read Codes to maximise the practice QOF performance, and participate in QOF recall reviews

Partners: Dr Philip Donlevy, Dr Cordelia Feuchtwang, Dr Joanna King, Dr Alan McClatchey, Dr Shruti Patel, Dr Samuel Partridge, Dr Richard Reed, Dr Andy Warinton Associates: Dr Caro Ash, Dr Helen Burlington, Dr Katie Ellison, Dr Carrie Difford, Dr Michael Peel, Dr Laura Ratcliffe, Dr Lucy Thomas  Collecting data for audit purposes  Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)  Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate  In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

 Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety  A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice  Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation  Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records  Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data, contributing to the maximum practice performance under QOF.  Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Communication

● Able to confidentially utilise a variety of communication methods to disseminate information to large numbers of people ● Adapt communication style and content to reflect different type of people when making contact ● Ability to receive complex, sensitive or contentious information and process appropriately ● Promote positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other health care providers and other key health care providers and other key partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care

Confidentiality

● In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately ● In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their careers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. ● Information relating to patients, careers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety

● Maintain own health, safety and security knowledge & understanding as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy ● Use personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines ● Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks ● Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills ● Use appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Equality and Diversity

● Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, careers and colleagues ● Act in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation ● Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, careers and colleagues ● Behave in a manner which is welcoming to an individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

● Participate in any training program implemented by the practice as part of this employment ● Identify personal development and training needs ● Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development ● Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. ● Support others with their training and development needs ● Participate in continuing education to maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skill

Quality

● Strive to maintain quality within the practice ● Assess own performance, ensuring competence, and being accountable for own actions, either directly or under supervision ● Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk ● Contribute to the quality assurance process and effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance ● Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to ensure the best care for the patient, referring in as necessary ● Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. ● Recognize people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

● Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance ● Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work ● Participate in audits & meetings where appropriate ● Work across sites to support our One Team culture and to provide a sustainable patient focused service

September 2016